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Foxtons revenues drop 22%
There's been a "steady improvement in activity across the business" since branches re-opened on 1st June, says London estate agency Foxtons.
59,000 ‘lost’ deals: Estimating the financial cost of lockdown to the estate agency sector
The UK's Covid-19 lockdown caused a dramatic slump in the number of new instruction and sales agreed, reports Twenty EA, but property exchanges appear to have been more resilient.
One in ten properties went for above asking last month – NAEA
Agency body recorded the highest proportion of above-asking sales since 2016 in June, although well over half still went through below.
Johns&Co appoints new Hong Kong head
Betty Yeung has joined the specialist new-build agency from Colliers.
More big-ticket sales on New York’s Billionaires’ Row
Two chunky apartments at Vornado’s 220 Central Park South went through at a combined $109m this month, following a pair of similarly-sized deals in April.
HM Land Registry now accepts electronic signatures
The Land Registry now accepts "witnessed electronic signatures". Individual can now sign legal documents electronically, as long as witness is present at the time to also sign the documents electronically.
Developer gears up to launch luxury Silverstone scheme
Escapade Living is delivering a set of trackside residences at the 'home of British motor racing'.
Art-themed Chelsea super-let seeks £60k a week
Shalini Misra-designed mansion is one of the most expensive rental properties ever to be offered on the open market, and comes with an in-house concierge service, house manager and chef.
Architect offers Cotswold plot with plans for an ultra-modern country house
In Pictures: A three acre site in a Gloucestershire village is being offered for sale with planning permission for a very striking contemporary new home.
At a Glance: New planning use class & permitted development rules
Nexus Planning has summarised a suite of big changes to the planning system's change of use rules in a handy colour-coded guide.
‘There are signs that normality is returning’ to the property market, says Knight Frank, but uncertainty remains
"The UK will officially be declared to have entered a recession next month," says Knight Frank's Tom Bill.
£93.5m Farringdon scheme hits the market
Piercy-designed project off Clerkenwell Road is delivering nearly 74,000 square feet of hotel, office and resi.